<p>Two days after a 28-year-old tribal man was allegedly burnt alive over a loan in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, the opposition Congress on Sunday claimed the deceased was a "bonded labourer" who was killed for his failure to repay the debt of Rs 5,000.</p>.<p>Vijay Saharia, a resident of Uakawad Khurd village under Bamori police station limits in Guna, was doused with kerosene and set ablaze on Friday night over a loan, said Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Singh.</p>.<p>"He died the next day at the district hospital and a villager identified as Radheshyam Lodha has been arrested for murder," the SP said.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan called the incident as gruesome and painful and said he would visit the deceased's family.</p>.<p>He said a legal provision has been made in MP to free tribals from the clutches of money-lenders by waiving old debts.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Congress said crimes against Dalits and tribals were on the rise under the BJP government which came to power in March.</p>.<p>"The chief minister is terming it a normal fire death, but the truth is the deceased was a bonded labourer for three years with the accused over a Rs 5,000 loan. He was burnt to death for not repaying that money," Narendra Saluja, media coordinator of MP Congress president Kamal Nath, claimed on Sunday.</p>.<p>District Collector Kumar Purushottam said financial assistance of Rs 8.5 lakh will be given to the kin of the deceased and arrangement for his children's education will also be made.</p>
<p>Two days after a 28-year-old tribal man was allegedly burnt alive over a loan in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, the opposition Congress on Sunday claimed the deceased was a "bonded labourer" who was killed for his failure to repay the debt of Rs 5,000.</p>.<p>Vijay Saharia, a resident of Uakawad Khurd village under Bamori police station limits in Guna, was doused with kerosene and set ablaze on Friday night over a loan, said Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Singh.</p>.<p>"He died the next day at the district hospital and a villager identified as Radheshyam Lodha has been arrested for murder," the SP said.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan called the incident as gruesome and painful and said he would visit the deceased's family.</p>.<p>He said a legal provision has been made in MP to free tribals from the clutches of money-lenders by waiving old debts.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Congress said crimes against Dalits and tribals were on the rise under the BJP government which came to power in March.</p>.<p>"The chief minister is terming it a normal fire death, but the truth is the deceased was a bonded labourer for three years with the accused over a Rs 5,000 loan. He was burnt to death for not repaying that money," Narendra Saluja, media coordinator of MP Congress president Kamal Nath, claimed on Sunday.</p>.<p>District Collector Kumar Purushottam said financial assistance of Rs 8.5 lakh will be given to the kin of the deceased and arrangement for his children's education will also be made.</p>